Attack on Pearl Harbor
Wisconsin Veterans Museum to re-open in July

Jun. 10, 2021 11:20 AM EDT
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Veterans Museum plans to reopen next month after state officials shut it down for 16 months amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

102-year-old veteran compares vaccine drive to WWII service

May. 30, 2021 01:40 PM EDT
NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — A 102-year-old Army veteran is comparing his World War II service to the campaign to vaccinate Americans against COVID-19 in a public...

Editorial Roundup: South Carolina

By The Associated Press Dec. 09, 2020 03:45 PM EST
Recent editorials from South Carolina newspapers: ___ Dec. 8 The Post and Courier on the rollout of...

A U.S. Navy sailor plays taps in front of the USS Missouri during a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Officials gathered in Pearl Harbor to remember those killed in the 1941 Japanese attack, but public health measures adopted because of the coronavirus pandemic meant no survivors were present. The military broadcast video of the ceremony live online for survivors and members of the public to watch from afar. A moment of silence was held at 7:55 a.m., the same time the attack began 79 years ago. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, Pool)
Pearl Harbor dead remembered in ceremony shrunk by pandemic

By Audrey Mcavoy Dec. 07, 2020 08:54 AM EST

US, Wisconsin flags at half-staff for Pearl Harbor Day

Dec. 07, 2020 07:51 AM EST
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has ordered U.S. and state flags to be flown at half-staff on Monday for National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. ...

Mickey Ganitch, a 101-year-old survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, holds a football statue he was given, in the living room of his home in San Leandro, Calif., Nov. 20, 2020. Ganitch was getting ready for a match pitting his ship, the USS Pennsylvania, against the USS Arizona when Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. The game never happened. Instead, Ganitch spent the morning, still in his football uniform, looking out for attacking planes that anti-aircraft gunners could shoot down. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Survivors remember Pearl Harbor at home this year amid virus

By Audrey Mcavoy Dec. 03, 2020 10:15 AM EST

In this image provided by the U.S. Navy, Seaman Belo Kipkirui, from Shakopee, Minn., renders honors as the guided-missile destroyer USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) passes by the USS Arizona Memorial during the official ceremony for the 75th anniversary of the Japanese surrender that ended World War II, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Honolulu, Hawaii. (Petty Officer 1st Class Devin Langer/U.S. Navy via AP)
75th anniversary of end of WWII is mostly virtual amid virus

By Caleb Jones Sep. 02, 2020 01:59 PM EDT

The USS Missouri Memorial is shown in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Aug. 11, 2020. A Pearl Harbor ceremony in Hawaii marking the 75th anniversary of World War II will only feature veterans living in Hawaii after organizers limited those who can attend over coronavirus concerns. The plan before Friday had been to allow about 200 people, mostly WWII veterans, their families and government officials, to gather on the battleship USS Missouri, which hosted the Japanese surrender on Sept. 2, 1945 in Tokyo Bay. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)
WWII surrender ceremony in Hawaii limited to local veterans

By Caleb Jones Aug. 24, 2020 05:21 PM EDT

FILE - Gen. Douglas MacArthur signs the Japanese surrender documents on Sept. 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Standing behind him are Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, left foreground, who surrendered Bataan to the Japanese, and British Lt. Gen. A. E. Percival, next to Wainwright, who surrendered Singapore, as they witness with other American and British officers the ceremony marking the end of World War II. Several dozen aging U.S. veterans, including some who were in Tokyo Bay on the day that ended World War II, will gather on the battleship in Pearl Harbor in September to mark the 75th anniversary of Japan's surrender. (U.S. Navy, File)
Dozens of WWII veterans to gather in Hawaii amid pandemic

By Caleb Jones Aug. 22, 2020 04:14 PM EDT

Boat tours of Pearl Harbor's USS Arizona Memorial to resume

Associated Press Jul. 08, 2020 06:32 PM EDT
HONOLULU (AP) — Some boat tours to the USS Arizona Memorial in Hawaii's Pearl Harbor will resume this week, the National Park Service said. ...